PRESS STATEMENT ON NATIONAL UNIOIN OF METALWORKERS OF SOUTH AFRICA

The Muslim Youth Movement would like to express its support for and solidarity with the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) in its struggle against the neo-liberal policies that continue to widen the gap between the poor and the rich, entrenching inequality, increasing corruption and eroding the share of the workers and the poor in the wealth of this country.

We stand with NUMSA in their call for the scrapping of the Tax Incentive Bill (otherwise known as the Youth Wage Subsidy) and the e-Tolls that are aimed at enriching the already obscenely rich and exploitative monopoly capital. As the MYM, we call for a state that will play a leading and major role in the economy and the creation of quality employment for the youth of our country. We also call for access to free education and a tough stance on corruption which continues to rob us, young people, of a prosperous future.Informed by the Islamic values of solidarity with the poor and the workers, we have called on all our members in all our regions to join the NUMSA marches today in various cities where we have structures and members.Thandile Kona